Table 2.
Abuse information (n = 199)
| Children | Adults | All | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Victim’s health conditions before abuse | ||||||
| Chronic illness | 34 | 23.6 | 8 | 14.6 | 42 | 21.1 |
| No | 110 | 76.4 | 47 | 85.5 | 157 | 78.9 |
| Previous abuse | ||||||
| Yes | 64 | 44.4 | 26 | 47.3 | 90 | 45.2 |
| No | 50 | 34.7 | 12 | 21.8 | 62 | 31.2 |
| Unknown | 30 | 20.8 | 17 | 30.9 | 47 | 23.6 |
| Nature of previous abusea | ||||||
| Physical | 24 | 16.7 | 14 | 25.5 | 38 | 19.1 |
| Sexual | 2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Neglect | 39 | 27.1 | 14 | 25.5 | 53 | 26.6 |
| Emotional | 10 | 9.1 | 5 | 6.9 | 15 | 7.5 |
| Nature of current abusea | ||||||
| Physical | 57 | 39.6 | 27 | 49.1 | 84 | 42.2 |
| Sexual | 6 | 4.2 | 7 | 12.7 | 13 | 6.5 |
| Neglect | 89 | 61.8 | 29 | 52.7 | 118 | 59.3 |
| Emotional | 19 | 13.2 | 12 | 21.8 | 31 | 15.6 |
| Victim final status | ||||||
| No change | 49 | 34.1 | 20 | 36.3 | 69 | 34.7 |
| New disability | 5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.5 |
| Dead | 3 | 1.8 | 1 | 2.1 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Deterioration of health status | 42 | 29.2 | 25 | 45.4 | 67 | 33.7 |
| Psychiatric disorder | 17 | 11.9 | 5 | 9.1 | 22 | 11.1 |
| Unknown | 28 | 19.5 | 4 | 7.1 | 32 | 16.1 |
aPercentages cannot be added up because of multiple selections